''Bravebird'' is the second studio album by American R&B-

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Amel Larrieux Amel Eliza Larrieux (née Stowell; born March 8, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter and keyboardist. Larrieux rose to fame in the mid-1990s as a founding member of the duo Groove Theory along with Bryce Wilson. After leaving the group in 199 ...

, released in the United States on January 20, 2004 by her independent label Blisslife Records. The album features the single "For Real", which reached number forty-five on ''

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chart, becoming Larrieux's second highest-charting solo single on the chart after 1999's "Get Up".

Album information

On the significance of the album title and song "Bravebird", Larrieux told Barnes & Noble:

"I read a story in a magazine
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] and wrote about it. I guess it was a gift to her to extol her bravery. [The album title] became appropriate also because true supporters of my music found ways to hear the song before it got on the album. It had been floating around to DJs two years ago. And I do shows and perform the song, so everybody knew it. So I started referring to
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as brave birds when I write messages to them on my web site." It is likely she was referring to Waris Dirie who is the author of Desert Flower.

Track listing

All songs written by Amel Larrieux and Laru Larrieux. # "For Real" – 3:46 # "Bravebird" – 4:48 # "Dear to Me" – 4:12 # "All I Got" – 3:50 # "Beyond" – 3:05 # "We Can Be New" – 4:57 # "Giving Something Up" – 3:42 # "Your Eyes" – 3:30 # "Congo" – 4:40 # "Sacred" – 3:43 # "Say You Want It All" – 4:04 # "All I Got2" – 2:48

Japanese edition

# "For Real" – 3:46 # "Bravebird" – 4:48 # "Dear to Me" – 4:12 # "All I Got" – 3:50 # "Beyond" – 3:05 # "We Can Be New" – 4:57 # "Giving Something Up" – 3:42 # "Your Eyes" – 3:30 # "Congo" – 4:40 # "Sacred" – 3:43 # "All I Got2" – 2:48 # "Just Once" - 3:42 # "Say You Want It All" – 4:04

Personnel

Musicians

* Amel Larrieux –

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Production

* Amel Larrieux – producer,

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* Laru Larrieux – producer,

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, art direction, mixing * Kwame "Young MIchael K Success" Harris – engineer, mixing * Eric "Ebo" Butler – engineer, mixing * Basho Ink – producer * Herb Powers – mastering * Andy Schlesinger – engineer, mixing * Threadhead – producer

Charts

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2004 albums Amel Larrieux albums Folk albums by American artists